My grandson, Sevy, is a climber. He climbs stairs with no gates. He climbs gates blocking stairs. He climbs chairs and stands up on them if unattended. He has knocked more than one chair down on top of himself.

My grandson, Sevy, is a runner. He runs everywhere he goes even when he has nowhere to go.

There is no stopping this young man. I think is part mountain goat!

Anyway. because he is a runner and a climber he is often falling down and banging himself on things.

This morning he was running in the kitchen and fell down.

He started to cry.

My sister said, “Shake it off!”

He did.

I thought how from the very beginning of life we are trying things and falling down in them and having to learn to “shake it off”.

Shaking it off may be one of the most important lessons we learn in life.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?